Reading Company Grain Elevator Explained

Reading Company Grain Elevator
Location:411 N. 20th St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:39.9611°N -75.1717°W
Built:1925
Architect:Reading Co.
Added:March 10, 1982
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:82003813

The Reading Company Grain Elevator was built as a grain elevator in 1925 by the Reading Railroad in Center City Philadelphia to replace an elevator that had operated on the same spot since the Civil War. The building was abandoned in the 1950s and refitted in the 1970, with the lower floor made into offices, the grain storage areas essentially untouched, and the upper levels made into penthouses.[1] [2]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.workshopoftheworld.com/center_city/grain.html Workshop of the World - Philadelphia
  2. https://www.baldwinparkphilly.org/copy-of-the-granary The Granary at Baldwin Park